.\" Copyright 1999 Andries E. Brouwer (aeb@cwi.nl)
.\" May be freely distributed.
.TH MKFS.BFS 8 "July 2011" "util-linux" "System Administration"
.SH NAME
mkfs.bfs \- make an SCO bfs filesystem
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mkfs.bfs
.RI [options] " device " [ block-count ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B mkfs.bfs
creates an SCO bfs filesystem on a block device
(usually a disk partition or a file accessed via the loop device).
.PP
The
.I block-count
parameter is the desired size of the filesystem, in blocks.
If nothing is specified, the entire partition will be used.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BR \-N , " \-\-inodes " \fInumber\fR
Specify the desired \fInumber\fR of inodes (at most 512).
If nothing is specified, some default number in the range 48\(en512 is picked
depending on the size of the partition.
.TP
.BR \-V , " \-\-vname " \fIlabel\fR
Specify the volume \fIlabel\fR.  I have no idea if/where this is used.
.TP
.BR \-F , " \-\-fname " \fIname\fR
Specify the filesystem \fIname\fR.  I have no idea if/where this is used.
.TP
.BR \-v , " \-\-verbose"
Explain what is being done.
.TP
.B \-c
This option is silently ignored.
.TP
.B \-l
This option is silently ignored.
.TP
.BR \-h , " \-\-help"
Display help text and exit.
.TP
.BR \-V , " \-\-version"
Display version information and exit.
Option
.B \-V
only works as
.B \-\-version
when it is the only option.
.SH "EXIT CODES"
The exit code returned by
.B mkfs.bfs
is 0 when all went well, and 1 when something went wrong.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR mkfs (8)
.SH AVAILABILITY
The mkfs.bfs command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.
